on 8/3/01 Marc Sira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> No need to figure--I and many 2400 users prefer8.6. I either laugh or choke
>> every time I bring up Sherlock on 9.1 (which is admittedly better than
>> 9.04). "Kludgy" is being nice--it seems like it was being aimed at 6 yr old
>> kids along with the iMac type Finder.
>
> Nothing prevents you from using Sherlock 1 on OS 9.1. In fact, the
> Finder has been explicitly designed to remember the copy of Sherlock
> you last ran, so that the command-F shortcut will bring up your
> preferred version (meaning you can keep both versions around and
> still get the earlier one when you want it, which is pretty much
> always ;).
>
> One annoyance is that the 9.1 update actually sought out and deleted
> older versions of Sherlock, but that's easily remedied.
>
> 9.1 isn't frankly all that different from 8.6; there are a few
> niceties, but once both of them have been tuned the way the 2400
> requires there isn't any remaining reason to prefer 8.6. The ability
> to use iTools without need of a patched plugin and receive non-modal
> alerts is enough for me not to.
Marc--you raise a really good point. I hadn't thought of mixin'n'matchin'
the other way (DOWN from 9.1 instead of UP from 8.6). Heck, now I get the
idea that when I get time I might even try hacking the GUI in Sherlock 2 in
ResEdit or Resourcer with Sherlock 1. (I run ultra-thin window frames on the
2400). The ram overhead seems to greater by about 2-3 mb in 9.1 over 8.6. Do
you find the same? I'll see what the next release of OSX brings too before I
"invest" the time. Maybe you're up for hacking it in the meantime? :-)
Sidney Ho
"If you can't hack Macs, what good are they?"
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